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Pakistan name squads for West Indies series

Karachi, 2 December 2021:

Pakistan cricket selectors today announced the T20I and ODI squads for the home series against the West Indies, which will be played in Karachi from 13-22 December. The 20-over matches will count towards the ICC T20I Rankings, while the 50-over games will be part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League.

From the 18 players who were part of the recently-concluded T20I series against Bangladesh, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik have been left out, while fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain has been added to the 15-man squad.

Likewise, from the 17 players who were available for selection for the England ODIs in July, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah and Mohammad Wasim Jnr have replaced Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Salman Ali Agha and Sarfaraz Ahmed in the 17-member side, while Abdullah Shafique has been named as a traveling reserve.

Chief selector Muhammad Wasim: “As we have been playing T20Is since October and now have a pretty settled and balanced side, we have decided to reduce the number of players to 15. As such, we have not included Imad Wasim, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik.

“For the ODIs, which we last played in July, we have accepted the team management’s request and provided them two additional resources.

“In consultation with Hasan Ali and taking into consideration that he has been playing non-stop cricket since returning from a back injury, we have decided to give him time off from this series.”


T20Is

Babar Azam (captain, Central Punjab)
Shadab Khan (vice-captain, Northern)
Asif Ali (Northern)
Fakhar Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Haider Ali (Northern)
Haris Rauf (Northern)
Iftikhar Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Khushdil Shah (Southern Punjab)
Mohammad Hasnain (Sindh)
Mohammad Nawaz (Northern)
Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Mohammad Wasim Jnr (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Shahnawaz Dahani (Sindh)
Usman Qadir (Central Punjab)

ODIs

Babar Azam (captain, Central Punjab)
Shadab Khan (vice-captain, Northern)
Asif Ali (Northern)
Fakhar Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Haider Ali (Northern)
Haris Rauf (Northern)
Iftikhar Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Imam-ul-Haq (Balochistan)
Khushdil Shah (Southern Punjab)
Mohammad Nawaz (Northern)
Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Mohammad Wasim Jnr (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Mohammad Hasnain (Sindh)
Saud Shakeel (Sindh)
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Shahnawaz Dahani (Sindh)
Usman Qadir (Central Punjab)

Traveling reserve: Abdullah Shafique (Central Punjab)

Player Support Personnel: Mansoor Rana (manager), Saqlain Mushtaq (interim head coach), Shahid Aslam (assistant to head coach), Cliffe Deacon (physiotherapist), Drikus Saaiman (strength and conditioning coach), Abdul Majeed (fielding coach), Talha Ejaz (team analyst), Col (retd) Muhammad Imran (Security Manager), Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi (media and digital manager), Dr Najeeb Soomro (team doctor) and Malang Ali (Masseur)

Series schedule

13 Dec – 1st T20I, Karachi
14 Dec – 2nd T20I, Karachi
16 Dec – 3rd T20I, Karachi
18 Dec – 1st ODI, Karachi
20 Dec – 2nd ODI, Karachi
22 Dec – 3rd ODI, Karachi

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Naseem Shah>>> Mohammad Hasnain as a T20 bowler

He should have been there in order to see if he can pair up with Shaheen as the new ball bowler!
 
Naseem Shah>>> Mohammad Hasnain as a T20 bowler

He should have been there in order to see if he can pair up with Shaheen as the new ball bowler!

I'd like to see naseem in ODIs. Husnain hasn't really improved as he doesn't move the ball..sitting duck atm.
 
Naseem Shah would be a nice addition to the limited overs squad would like to see Arshad iqbal their too. In terms of spinners would like to see Zahid Mahmood and Kamran ghulam I know their being looked at more for test cricket but would have love to see them in limited overs. Regardless still a good squad
 
Decent squads however, more guys could have been rested from the T20 series.

Shaheen could have been rested from T20Is, probably he is keen on playing as he usually is but team management and Babar need to manage him here as he is currently young and full of enthusiasm to play every game so people around him need to create that balanced workload system for him. Someone like Naseem or Arshad Iqbal could have been added.

Yes WI squad is full strength but, I personally think even Rizwan and Babar could have been rested from T20Is as they have been playing a lot of cricket and next world T20 is still some time away and there are quite a few matches available. Mohammad Akhlaq, Sahibzada Farhan or Kamran Ghulam could have been given a go here.

Naseem has shown good development of whiteball bowling so as mentioned could have been a decent option to try in T20Is while resting Shaheen however, positive thing is he will be playing some matches of QAE around the same time. Playing PSL 7 and possibly Pakistan cup next year will further help his whiteball game so he would be more confident before debuting in whiteball international arena.
 
Hasnain is picked as a net bowler I guess.

One of the slowest 150 mph bowlers going around in world cricket.
 
Why was Imad dropped? He was one of our best bowlers in the WC and given WI's lack of ability when it comes to playing spin, he would've been a handful.

Poor decision.
 
I think they're just so keen on playing M Nawaz, so they must choose one I guess.

Its a close call...
 
I'd like to see naseem in ODIs. Husnain hasn't really improved as he doesn't move the ball..sitting duck atm.

Lol does Naseem move the ball

Recently whenever Hasnain got a chance proved his worth and filled the wickets column

After Naseem given chances and if he is trash , there will be call to give chances to Hasnain.
 
I personally think, you could have made space for both Abdullah Shafique in the initial ODI squad and Agha Ali Salman.

Agha in place of Asif Ali in ODI's
Abdullah Shafique in place of Khushdil Shah.
 
Again and again wasim selects bits and pieces for the ODI team in the middle order

He should start selecting proper middle order batsman instead of Asif ali, khusdil,

Middle and lower order will be Ifthikar, Nawaz, Shadab , Wasim jnr, Haris rauf and Shaheen

Don’t know why Shaheen plays every game in every format. If Hasan ali needs rest because he played lot of games, then Shaheen needs more rest than Hasan ali lol.

Middle order will be like this and continue to struggle until Wasim is gone

How many chances for Asif ali , it is a known fact that he is not gonna score a single run against Top teams like England ,Australia India NZL and so on

For T20s , it is ok to have him, for ODIs he is simply not fit for the format.

He will continue to score single digit scores against quality attacks, this guy was nowhere in the ODI squad when Mickey was coach and Inzi was a selector. Misbah brought him in, and Wasim hanging on to him like he is blind.
 
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Asif ali and Danish Aziz performed poorly on SA ODI series and got dropped for Eng ODIs series

Now without any performance , Asif Ali is back. Overall his ODI and List-A stats are so poor and there are a lot more deserving guys in domestics for chances but he is preferred for his connections

This guy Wasim just recycles the same TTFs , rinse and repeat seems to be his selection policy.
 
Hasan Ali should have been kept in Odis due to his ability to reverse swing but as for T20s, he needs to reinvent himself.
 
Really poor middle order selections for ODI team :facepalm: these aren't players that will thrive in a world cup in india.
 
Why is Shaheen being selected for T20's? Why does it matter if they win that series or not? No issue with ODI's selection as it is for WC qualifications.

No idea for Asif Ali to be selected for ODI's either. It's like these selectors just can't help themselves. He is so terrible in ODI's and only useful if Pakistan batting is doing well and he comes to bat with only a few over left. It's poor to select a batsmen who is so completely one dimensional like that and doesn't have any capability of playing long innings.

Rest of the squad is pretty good and I hoping Abdullah and Haider get proper looks in this series.
 
Why was Imad dropped? He was one of our best bowlers in the WC and given WI's lack of ability when it comes to playing spin, he would've been a handful.

Poor decision.

It's pretty clear he is not in ODI plans going forward and nor should he be. He's a limited bowler whereas Nawaz is much better, skilled and actually takes wickets in ODI's unlike Imad. Nawaz is much more suited for the upcoming WC in India where spin will be key.
 
Hows he supposed to strike at 150? Its odis not t20s

30 off 20 balls these days aint that hard in the slog overs?

He could easily hit two 6’s, two 4’s and a few singles to achieve that strike rate?

The kind of player Asif is, he could potentially win us 1 game every 5 outings.

Worth a go I say.
 
Don't know why Imad was dropped, but qadir was selected the guy is mediocre to the core.
 
Why was Imad dropped? He was one of our best bowlers in the WC and given WI's lack of ability when it comes to playing spin, he would've been a handful.

Poor decision.

He was dropped becouse they wanted to give a proper chance to nawaz who can actually turn the ball and is good fielder.

If imad was in the squad nawaz wouldn't have got a look in.
 
I personally think, you could have made space for both Abdullah Shafique in the initial ODI squad and Agha Ali Salman.

Agha in place of Asif Ali in ODI's
Abdullah Shafique in place of Khushdil Shah.

I also think Abdullah should have been in the squad but they are proberly trying to manage him rather than stick him in both formats.
 
Again and again wasim selects bits and pieces for the ODI team in the middle order

He should start selecting proper middle order batsman instead of Asif ali, khusdil,

Middle and lower order will be Ifthikar, Nawaz, Shadab , Wasim jnr, Haris rauf and Shaheen

Don’t know why Shaheen plays every game in every format. If Hasan ali needs rest because he played lot of games, then Shaheen needs more rest than Hasan ali lol.

Middle order will be like this and continue to struggle until Wasim is gone

How many chances for Asif ali , it is a known fact that he is not gonna score a single run against Top teams like England ,Australia India NZL and so on

For T20s , it is ok to have him, for ODIs he is simply not fit for the format.

He will continue to score single digit scores against quality attacks, this guy was nowhere in the ODI squad when Mickey was coach and Inzi was a selector. Misbah brought him in, and Wasim hanging on to him like he is blind.

Khushdil and Asif ali are not middle order batters they are low middle order batters.

Haider ali and Saud Shakeel are the middle order batters.
 
Don't know why Imad was dropped, but qadir was selected the guy is mediocre to the core.

Qadir hasn't been given a proper run.Imad is good at keeping the run rate down but he doesn't take enough wickets.
 
Overall a good squad I would have liked Abdullah in the squad odi squad. and I would have rested Shaheen in the t20s.

I think iftikhar should bat at 7 as he can bowl aswell If he doesn't make the team then nawaz should play but that means the batting is slightly weeker.
My odi team.

Imaam Ul Haq
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam
Saud Shakeel
Rizwan
Haider Ali
Iftikhar
Shadab
Wasim Jnr
Shaheen
Dahani
 
My t20 team

Babar
Rizwan
Fakhar
Haider ali
Iftikhar
Asif ali
Shadab
Nawaz
Wasim Jnr
Shaheen
Dahani
 
From what I have seen, Saud does not look like a batter with power game. If we play him, then we will have 4 batters in top 5 without power game. I would keep him as backup of Babar in the squad, but if does not fit in the top 4, then he should not play in ODI team. At no. 5 and 6 in ODI, you need players who can hit in last few overs. My ODI team would be:

Fakhar
Imam
Babar
Rizwan
Haider
Khushdil
Nawaz
Shadab
Waseem
Rauf
Shaheen

If Fakhar / Imam do not perform for a longer period, replace them with Rizwan and play Saud at no.4.

Khushdil can bowl a few overs of sla.
 
They say they are resting Hassan Ali, but what about Shaheen Shah Afridi?. Even if the lad is insisting on playing non-stop the management should take the responsibility and ask him to rest. If he picks up a serious injury then it will be too late.
 
Rizwan and Afridi are at serious risk of injury. In modern day cricket, keepers and fast bowlers cannot be three format players perpetually, especially when the Keeper opens too. What will Wasim do if they break down before the Aus series or the T20WC.
 
Khushdil and Asif ali are not middle order batters they are low middle order batters.

Haider ali and Saud Shakeel are the middle order batters.

wat u mean by lower middle order batters, Nawaz and Shadab is wat then

where they will play allrounders , if they have to play asif ali and khushdil shah..
:qdkcheeky u will see when the team 11 plays...

Misbah played asif ali and danish aziz as middle order batters.:ma...
 
Rizwan and Afridi are at serious risk of injury. In modern day cricket, keepers and fast bowlers cannot be three format players perpetually, especially when the Keeper opens too. What will Wasim do if they break down before the Aus series or the T20WC.

Exactly , his selection gonna surely end up like this. He will run away just like Misbah and Waqar..
 
From what I have seen, Saud does not look like a batter with power game. If we play him, then we will have 4 batters in top 5 without power game. I would keep him as backup of Babar in the squad, but if does not fit in the top 4, then he should not play in ODI team. At no. 5 and 6 in ODI, you need players who can hit in last few overs. My ODI team would be:

Fakhar
Imam
Babar
Rizwan
Haider
Khushdil
Nawaz
Shadab
Waseem
Rauf
Shaheen

If Fakhar / Imam do not perform for a longer period, replace them with Rizwan and play Saud at no.4.

Khushdil can bowl a few overs of sla.

Rizwan is not a ODI no.4 batsman... he might come good against WIs at home, but will fail against top teams , just like he did against England when top order went cheaply...

He opens in T20 were he was succesful , opening in ODIs and playing three formats as keeper will break his body sooner if he continues to play against even against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh..
 
Overall a good squad I would have liked Abdullah in the squad odi squad. and I would have rested Shaheen in the t20s.

I think iftikhar should bat at 7 as he can bowl aswell If he doesn't make the team then nawaz should play but that means the batting is slightly weeker.
My odi team.

Imaam Ul Haq
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam
Saud Shakeel
Rizwan
Haider Ali
Iftikhar
Shadab
Wasim Jnr
Shaheen
Dahani

they should rest shaheen and play Wasim, Dahani and Hasnain, but what they will do is play shaheen first 2 games and if they lose 1 of them , they play him in the 3rd too.

I would play

4. Haider
5. Iftikhar
6. Rizwan
7. Nawaz
8. Shadab
9. Wasim Jnr
10. Hasnain
11. Dahani
 
Overall a good squad I would have liked Abdullah in the squad odi squad. and I would have rested Shaheen in the t20s.

I think iftikhar should bat at 7 as he can bowl aswell If he doesn't make the team then nawaz should play but that means the batting is slightly weeker.
My odi team.

Imaam Ul Haq
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam
Saud Shakeel
Rizwan
Haider Ali
Iftikhar
Shadab
Wasim Jnr
Shaheen
Dahani

Fakhar Zaman is not long term solution in my opinion. Very inconsistent, rather slot in either Abdullah or Haider Ali in the openning and see what happens. I would suggest even discard Imam as well. He should concentrate only on test.

Pak should experiment with the following line up for next 6 months and see how the team fares.
1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Haider Ali / Rizwan (Haider should be preferred, and give him license to hit from first ball.)
3. Babar. (C)
4. Saud Shakil
5. Haider Ali / Rizwan
6. Iftikhar / Fakhar Zaman
7. Nawaz
8. Shadab
9. Hassan Ali / Wasim Jnr
10. Shaheen
11. Dahani / Naseem Shah.
 
Fakhar Zaman is not long term solution in my opinion. Very inconsistent, rather slot in either Abdullah or Haider Ali in the openning and see what happens. I would suggest even discard Imam as well. He should concentrate only on test.

Pak should experiment with the following line up for next 6 months and see how the team fares.
1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Haider Ali / Rizwan (Haider should be preferred, and give him license to hit from first ball.)
3. Babar. (C)
4. Saud Shakil
5. Haider Ali / Rizwan
6. Iftikhar / Fakhar Zaman
7. Nawaz
8. Shadab
9. Hassan Ali / Wasim Jnr
10. Shaheen
11. Dahani / Naseem Shah.

Fakhar is not a long term solution ? He is only 31, probably the best fielder and above all averages 48@ SR of 95 with a double century and a 190 .

He has reached heights as a one day opener that none of our openers have reached since Saeed Anwar. You don’t average 48 over a 50 match career by being inconsistent .
 
Fakhar Zaman is not long term solution in my opinion. Very inconsistent, rather slot in either Abdullah or Haider Ali in the openning and see what happens. I would suggest even discard Imam as well. He should concentrate only on test.

Pak should experiment with the following line up for next 6 months and see how the team fares.
1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Haider Ali / Rizwan (Haider should be preferred, and give him license to hit from first ball.)
3. Babar. (C)
4. Saud Shakil
5. Haider Ali / Rizwan
6. Iftikhar / Fakhar Zaman
7. Nawaz
8. Shadab
9. Hassan Ali / Wasim Jnr
10. Shaheen
11. Dahani / Naseem Shah.

Fakhar is a genuine match winner who can on his destroy any attack.

I agree imaam should only play tests but it's highly unlikely going to get dropped and Abdullah is good replacement for him.
 
Fakhar Zaman is not long term solution in my opinion. Very inconsistent, rather slot in either Abdullah or Haider Ali in the openning and see what happens. I would suggest even discard Imam as well. He should concentrate only on test.

Pak should experiment with the following line up for next 6 months and see how the team fares.
1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Haider Ali / Rizwan (Haider should be preferred, and give him license to hit from first ball.)
3. Babar. (C)
4. Saud Shakil
5. Haider Ali / Rizwan
6. Iftikhar / Fakhar Zaman
7. Nawaz
8. Shadab
9. Hassan Ali / Wasim Jnr
10. Shaheen
11. Dahani / Naseem Shah.

Lol to say Fakhar is inconsistent... He has scored in all countries as an opener, and the only flamboyant opener with avg near to 50 that Pak could afford ... Im sure he is a long term LOI opener.

the top 3 is more or less settled.. They can move Haider to open with Fakhar and bring Imam to no.4 but that will end up as Imam scoring slow at no.4

Haider should eye for no.4 spot in LOIs and replace Hafeez forever..
 
He's a lower order batter someone who should be batting at 6 no higher but I agree he's not an odi batter.

:inzi2 check the no.6 from other teams for comparison and their avgs..

Probably matchwinners play at 6 who can finish games but Pak think tank bank on Asif ali :ma
 
11 players and two squad members, who are in Pakistan, will check-in the team hotel in Karachi on 7 Dec for the series against the West Indies.

The rest of the Pakistan squad members and the West Indies side will arrive in Karachi on 9 Dec
 
:inzi2 check the no.6 from other teams for comparison and their avgs..

Probably matchwinners play at 6 who can finish games but Pak think tank bank on Asif ali :ma

Shal I give you a few names that LAST battered at 6 for other countries.
 
I also think Abdullah should have been in the squad but they are proberly trying to manage him rather than stick him in both formats.

I get that, but Pakistan's opener cupboard is quite empty. So might as well make use of Abdullah. And from what we have seen, he definitely looks to have what it takes to play all three formats.
 
Decent squads however, more guys could have been rested from the T20 series.

Shaheen could have been rested from T20Is, probably he is keen on playing as he usually is but team management and Babar need to manage him here as he is currently young and full of enthusiasm to play every game so people around him need to create that balanced workload system for him. Someone like Naseem or Arshad Iqbal could have been added.

Yes WI squad is full strength but, I personally think even Rizwan and Babar could have been rested from T20Is as they have been playing a lot of cricket and next world T20 is still some time away and there are quite a few matches available. Mohammad Akhlaq, Sahibzada Farhan or Kamran Ghulam could have been given a go here.

Naseem has shown good development of whiteball bowling so as mentioned could have been a decent option to try in T20Is while resting Shaheen however, positive thing is he will be playing some matches of QAE around the same time. Playing PSL 7 and possibly Pakistan cup next year will further help his whiteball game so he would be more confident before debuting in whiteball international arena.
WI squad is second string unfortunately. Pollard, Holder, Lewis, Allen, McCoy and Hetmyer are all out. Shame as it would've been an interesting series had WI selected the sides they had at home vs SL, SAF and AUS.

So Pakistan going full strength is pointless and a stat padding exercise.

Re: Shaheen - Waqar mentioned on ASports that Shaheen's elbow issue actually gets worse without regular bowling. I don't understand why Shaheen can't just bowl in the nets instead but that's the reasoning apparently.
 
Naseem Shah would be a nice addition to the limited overs squad would like to see Arshad iqbal their too. In terms of spinners would like to see Zahid Mahmood and Kamran ghulam I know their being looked at more for test cricket but would have love to see them in limited overs. Regardless still a good squad

Mohammed Wasim seems to have a scattergun selection policy - what the heck did Arshad Iqbal do to be dropped from the T20 side ?

He played one T20 vs ZIM and did fine, was selected for ENG and WI tours and didn't play, was the second highest wicket-taker in the National T20 Cup, and now has been dropped altogether !
 
I'm surprised at the lack of Pace allrounder. Could have given Amad Butt a go?
 
WI squad is second string unfortunately. Pollard, Holder, Lewis, Allen, McCoy and Hetmyer are all out. Shame as it would've been an interesting series had WI selected the sides they had at home vs SL, SAF and AUS.

Yes unfortunate. Other than a few injuries WI wanted to try out some of their CPL performers after the World T20 disappointment. They have some good names in the squad and Pak will obviously have to be professional in the series to get the series win they would want.

So Pakistan going full strength is pointless and a stat padding exercise.

I agree. Despite the possibility of a series to still be close I would have definitely been inclined to rest Babar, Rizwan and Shaheen as well who have been playing regular cricket for sometime.

Re: Shaheen - Waqar mentioned on ASports that Shaheen's elbow issue actually gets worse without regular bowling. I don't understand why Shaheen can't just bowl in the nets instead but that's the reasoning apparently.

Absolutely, I have raised this point as well previously. Thing is international cricket or any sport for that matter does not only require physical workload management rather mental as well because of the high pressure associated at the top level. Even if Shaheen needs to keep on bowling, as you mentioned that can be done in nets as well with less pressure and maybe medium throttle rather than playing him in every match. As it would be practically and even theoretically almost impossible to keep playing Shaheen every match through out his career which will have another 10-12 years to go atleast if everything goes well.

So they need to find a solution to this and it cant keep on going like this, also Shaheen had dengue at the end of 2019 when he missed a few whiteball series so if his elbow's health was able to be managed then when he wasn't bowling then surely it is possible to find a better way to manage his overall workload.
 
Mohammed Wasim seems to have a scattergun selection policy - what the heck did Arshad Iqbal do to be dropped from the T20 side ?

He played one T20 vs ZIM and did fine, was selected for ENG and WI tours and didn't play, was the second highest wicket-taker in the National T20 Cup, and now has been dropped altogether !

Agree doesnt make sense that they dropped him. I dont mind Wasim JR being in the sqaud he deserves to be their but these ODI, t20 series should be use to give chances to youngsters who are performing such as Arshad Iqbal. I hope he gets a chance, he can be a really solid bowler for Pakistan in the future.
 
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